that is blessed—an olive tree.” He said: “The tree represents sincere devotion to Allah alone and worship of Him, who has no partner.”

I say: This resembles the transmitted hadith: “Whoever devotes himself sincerely to Allah for forty mornings, springs of wisdom will gush from his heart onto his tongue.” It is well known among Makhūl’s reports with interrupted chains of transmission, and Ahmad ibn Hanbal and others have mentioned it. It has also been narrated